Gem Impression

53-5-43

From: Italy | Florence (Italy) | Naples | Rome (Italy)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 53-5-43
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Florence (Italy) | Naples | Rome (Italy)
Date Made 19th century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Plaster
Iconography Europa | Jupiter
Description

Europa, the daughter of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, caressing the bull, to which Jupiter has metamorphosed himself.

Height 2.9 cm
Width 3.4 cm
Depth 0.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Alfred G. B. Steel, 1953

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